Each operation, involving 10-12 hours 'starvation' ahead of the general anaesthetic, left me very weak.
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Firstly, there is a tiny extra risk of complications because of the general anaesthetic.
When they returned to Earth, the monkeys were given a general anaesthetic on the first day.
This is done using a needle and syringe under a general anaesthetic in a hospital.
The National Oral Health Plan says over 9, 600 children underwent a general anaesthetic for tooth extraction in 2010-11.
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Most of these patients either came round too soon from general anaesthetic or took too long to go under.
Smaller surveys of patients have revealed higher rates - of as much as one in every 500 operations done under general anaesthetic.
Anaesthetists also do this in hospital when they give a general anaesthetic.
The risk of waking from a general anaesthetic while under the surgeon's knife is extremely small - about one in 15, 000 - research reveals.
The study will assess if "sham feeding" can stop nausea after surgery which can be caused by a patient being starved before a general anaesthetic.
The condition means she will never be able to undergo a general anaesthetic or do anything that puts a strain on her heart or lungs.
The advantages of avoiding a general anaesthetic are two-fold.
Dr Richard Griffiths, consultant anaesthetist at the hospital, said the approach was proving to be of particular benefit to older patients who carry an increased risk of reacting badly to a general anaesthetic.
As a result, the patient remains fully conscious throughout surgery and goes home within half an hour, instead of being an inpatient for two to three days if they had been given a general anaesthetic.
Mrs Quirolo said she chose to watch a film and have a spinal block anaesthetic because she had reacted badly to general anaesthetics in the past.
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